音标:['kwiksilvә] ;
n. 水银, 汞
vt. 涂水银于
a. 水银似的, 易变的
n a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
s liable to sudden unpredictable change
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quicksilver的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Mirrors have a backing of quicksilver.镜子以水银作底。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Her quicksilver nature had been a constant concern to her parents in the past.她好感情用事,这曾使她父母牵肠挂肚。

词汇搭配

  • quicksilver ability无孔不入的穿插能力...
  • horn quicksilver汞膏
  • have quicksilver in one's veins具有活跃好动的性格...

经典引文

  • Thou hast quicksilver in the veins of thee to a certainty.

    出自:fig.
【近义词】

The Miraculous Pitcher Nathaniel Hawthorne 神奇的牛奶罐。纳萨尼尔霍桑 Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of America's greatest story-tellers. 纳萨尼尔霍桑是美国最伟大的故事家之一。 In some of his stories he told of famous won

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The younger was so witty that the good old man often burst out laughing, and called him the merriest fellow he had seen for many a day. 年轻一点的那位非常诙谐,使那位善良的老人经常忍不住大笑起来,并称菲利蒙为好多日

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But I am old, thought Baucis to herself, and apt to be forgetful. I suppose I must have made a mistake. 但是我老了,柏西斯心里想,容易健忘了,我想我一定是搞错了。 What excellent milk! said Quicksilver, after drinking the

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Poor Baucis kept wishing that she might starve for a week to come, if it were possible by so doing to provide these hungry folks with a more plentiful supper. 可怜的柏西斯不停地祈祷,如果她挨饿一周能给这些饥饿的人提供丰盛

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